Have to agree with Innuendo it is the most time consuming thing you can do i started to digitilise my slides and gave up !!! if you have over a 1000 slides to do i would pick the the ones that mean the most to you and concentrate on those first because you will be bored stupid doing this! proffesional copying may be the way to go, guess depends on how valuable those slides are to you.If you go the slide copier route then i was recomended the Epson range of scanners and have had fantastic results with the one i purchased ,the dust removal feature is a godsend.